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Mr. Ross and Ms. Hurley delivered the 1989 will to decedent.
Ms. Hurley penned the following interlineations on the will: Ms.
Hurley was to receive a $50,000 bequest, and Mr. Cloud’s nieces and
nephew (the Pierces), rather than the Glovers, were to receive the
farm upon Mr. Cloud’s death. After initialing the aforementioned
interlineations, decedent signed the will on June 29, 1989.
Present at that time were Mr. Cloud, Mr. Ross, Ms. Hurley, and
Jayne Kirkpatrick (a friend of decedent). The signed will was then
taken by Mr. Ross and Ms. Hurley to Ms. Hurley’s home where Ms.
Hurley’s mother (Nell Meding) and Ms. Hurley’s secretary (Karen
Benner) signed the 1989 will as witnesses. Upon obtaining these
signatures, Mr. Ross and Ms. Hurley delivered the executed 1989
will to Eckell, Sparks, where the signatures were improperly
notarized. The 1989 will was then placed in a safe at the office
of Eckell, Sparks. Subsequently, Eckell, Sparks sent the original
and a copy of the 1989 will to Ms. Hurley where they remained until
decedent’s death.
On August 24, 1989, Mr. Ross died. Ms. Hurley was the
executrix and sole beneficiary of Mr. Ross’s estate.
Antenuptial Agreement
In early 1990, decedent and Mr. Cloud decided to marry. On
May 17, 1990, Ms. Hurley retained Eckell, Sparks to draft an
antenuptial agreement for decedent and Mr. Cloud. The antenuptial
agreement provided that decedent would leave Mr. Cloud a cash
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